Oct. 5: Matthew Tangherlini, 27, of Brockton was shot and killed during a robbery at 3:45 p.m. at the corner of Hovendon Avenue and Rodney Street.

Probe continues on murder victim found behind abandoned house

Aug. 13: The body of Christopher Mann, 24, of Roslindale, was found behind an abandoned house at 318 Boylston St. on the West Side. He was killed by a single gunshot wound.

Murder victim identified

July 12: Gilson Monteiro, 25, of Brockton, dies in a shooting at about 4 a.m. at 66 Green St. A second man is wounded.

Family of teen killed in knife fight seeks answers

April 22: Ywron Martins, 18, of Brockton was farally stabbed in a brawl at the James Edgar Playground.

Slaying brings fresh pain to family

Feb. 26: Twenty-three-year-old Manuel Andrade Jr. of Taunton is gunned down at 133 North Main St. at about 10:45 a.m.

Deaths of 9-year-old, mother investigated as murder

Feb. 6: Ariana Rosa-Soares, 32, and her daughter Marley Soares, 9, were found dead in their home at 17 Morgan St. in the city's Montello neighborhood in an apparent murder-suicide.

Two brothers shot to death

Jan. 30: Steven Afonso, 28, and his brother David, 26, were shot to death in their car at the corner of Highland and Glenwood streets at about 2:30 a.m.

2014: 12

Man fatally shot in Belmont Street apartment

Oct. 12: Daniel Esdale, 25, was found dead of an apparent gunshot wound to the head in an apartment at 223-225 Belmont St.

Man gunned down on Eagle Avenue

Oct. 5: Helmae Zewdu, 34, was shot to death outside 10 Eagle Ave.

Police descend on scene where naked woman found dead

Sept. 8: Sabrina McLean, a 54-year-old mother of five, was found after being run over by a tow truck that had backed into a garage on Frederick Douglass Avenue. Three months later, George Rhodes Jr., 48, a homeless man, is charged with murder.

Man shot to death on Crescent Street

Aug. 9: Quentin Phillips, 28, of Mattapan, died after being shot in the chest in a parking lot behind Joe Angelo's Cafe on Crescent Street.

Man stabbed to death in downtown Brockton

July 19: Tyron Coney, 23, of 20 Haverhill St., Brockton, is charged with manslaughter in the fatal stabbing of 22-year-old David A. Smith, right, also of Brockton, on North Main Street.

Grandfather stabbed to death in Montello

June 23: Amilton Goncalves, 21, is charged with murdering his father, Joaopedro Goncalves, 44, outside their single-family home at 16 Louis St.

Jan. 10: Jacinto Correia, 49, of Brockton, is stabbed to death at 55 Prospect St. Joao DeAndrade, 50, a tenant in the building, is charged with murder.

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2013: 9

Aug. 21: Brockton has second murder in 14 hours

A man in his 30s was fatally stabbed Wednesday on Bellevue Avenue.

Aug. 20: 74-year-old man beaten to death with a hammer Lee Harmon, 74, is beaten to death with a hammer at 120 Clinton St.

Aug. 5: Man shot on Fuller Street dies

Charles E. Springer, 34, of Brockton, was shot and killed at 30 Fuller St.

May 14: Neighborhood shaken by fatal daytime shooting

Charles Evans, 45, of Brockton, shot to death outside 227 Belmont St.

May 8: Victim of beating at downtown Brockton hotel dies of injuries

Nicholas Grimes, 56, of Brockton, has died of injuries from a beating two days before at the Elmcourt Hotel on West Elm Street.

Man fatally stabbed in East Side apartment

May 5: Jonathan Semedo, 18, of Taunton was fatally stabbed after an altercation in an East Side apartment.

Moment of silence turns to deadly violence

April 22: Vardly St. Felix, 23, was shot dead and Stanley Damestoire, 28, was wounded in a brazen daytime shooting behind the Angelo Elementary School. Carlens Alain Louis, 24, of Taunton, is charged with the shooting, which occurred as the nation paused to remember the Boston Marathon one week to the minute earlier.

Man shot to death in Montello

March 6: Eric Dillard, 32, was fatally shot in an apartment building at 419 Montello St.
Victim of Campello shooting is year's first homicide

Feb. 5: Joshua LeClair, 21, died six days after being shot in Campello on Jan. 30. a 21-year-old Brockton man shot in the city's Campello section on Jan. 30, died on Tuesday.

2012: 6

Two killed in shooting in north end of city

Dec. 29, 2012: Tashawn Leslie, above left, and Tyerelle Baker, both 23 and of Brockton. were shot to death as they sat in a car on Battles Farm Drive. Guerry Hickman, 25, has been charged with the murders.
Slaying stuns Brockton condo residents Nov. 18: Marvin Pardo, a 35-year-old Brockton man, was shot and killed inside an entryway to Building 25 at Madrid Square condominium complex on Oak Street.
Brockton man faces murder charge in fatal crash Oct. 12: Antwoin Moore, 28, will be charged with second-degree murder in the death of Maryanne Kotsiopoulos. Officials said he was fleeing police when he crashed his car into hers on Centre Street.
Two charged in shotgun slaying

Aug. 10: Lonnie Robinson, 36, of Brockton, died of two gunshot wounds to the chest at 63 Perkins St.
Murder charges filed in man's death outside Brockton bar

June 8: Brian Bishop, 41, died several days after he was beaten outside the Lit bar on Ames Street. Kent Johnson and Rodney Finch, both of Brockton, were indicted on murder charges.
2011: 9
19-year-old shot to death, woman wounded

Sept. 11, 2011: Kalvin Santos, 19, was killed and a 21-year-old city woman seriously wounded in a brazen shooting at Main and Tremont streets in the city's Campello neighborhood.

July 3: Valter Monteiro, 24, and Adilson Tavares, 21, both of Brockton, were killed after a fiery crash that followed a shooting outside a West Elm Street condominium complex late Sunday.
Woman shot to death leaving Brockton church

June 11: Jennifer Rodrigues Teixeira, 51, is shot to death in the heart of the city. Frank J. Webb of Brockton was arrested in connection with the shooting.
Abington man wanted for murder after shooting

June 2: John Anthony Gray, 41, is shot to death. Delaneau Pierre, of 112 Stewart St., Abington, has been charged with murder.
Funeral held for city's third murder victim of the year

April 5: Jose Lobo, 23, dies of gunshot wounds on Somerset Place, a small road off Main Street near the Brockton Public Library.
Bodies of woman, 2-year-old found in trash bin

Feb. 13: The bodies of Maria Avelina Palaguachi-Cela, 25, and her son, Brian Cuanga Palaguachi, 2, are found in a trash bin on Warren Avenue. Suspect Luis Guaman is serving three years prison in Ecuador for identity theft and immigrations law violations.
2010: 8

Man shot to death on Grove Street

Oct. 20: A 23-year-old man was shot multiple times and was later pronounced dead Tuesday night in Brockton. The victim was identified as James Hilliard.
Police probing city's seventh homicide of year

Sept. 20: Eliezer Mendes of Brockton was discovered lying in the road outside a home on Winthrop Street after police received multiple calls at 2:09 a.m. Monday. He was transported to a local hospital and pronounced dead a short time later.

Man shot to death in West Side neighborhood

April 24: A 23-year-old Brockton man was killed in a drive-by shooting Saturday afternoon. Wilson Pires was standing next to the front porch on Nye Avenue shortly before 2:45 on Saturday afternoon when he was struck by shots fored from a passing car.
Victim witnessed one slaying and may have known about two more The man fatally shot in a Nilsson Street driveway had witnessed the slaying of a 23-year-old man on Hancock Street last month and may have had information about the killing of a brother and sister a few days later, sources said. Manuel Rodrigues, 32, was shot to death the day before a scheduled probable cause court hearing in the Hancock Street case.

Slain man was driving van in earlier homicide

Manuel Rodrigues, 32, was shot to death the day before a scheduled probable cause hearing in another murder case.

Man shot dead on Nilsson Street four weeks after double slaying

Manuel Rodrigues, 32, was shot multiple times near the rear porch of a home, the fifth person slain so far in the city and the third on Nilsson Street. Plymouth County District Attorney Timothy J. Cruz said an autopsy will determine the cause of death and how many times the victim was shot.
VIDEOS: After Brockton's fourth murder in three weeks, DA says 'enough is enough'

Jan. 21: Extra Brockton and state patrols hit the streets on Friday to stem further violence while detectives try to learn who killed Maria DePina, 29, and her 26-year-old brother, Jorge, at their home in Campello.

As investigation of double murder continues, more cops hit streets

State and local investigators continued the hunt for leads in the slayings of Maria and Jorge DePina, as more police hit the streets to calm residents and prevent any further violence. Mayor Linda Balzotti said officers are working overtime patrols and other units are targeting “hot spots” in the city.

Residents and merchants decry the violence

With the rash of murders and shootings that have gripped Brockton in recent weeks, even longtime residents have lost their sense of security. “I don't feel safe anymore,” said Adilson Foseca, 29, who has lived for the past four years a few blocks away from where Thursday's slayings happened.

Hundreds turn out for Brockton prayer vigil

The community prayer vigil was planned more than a month ago to mark the anniversary of the racially motivated murder of two Cape Verdean residents by accused gunman Keith Luke. But the event took on new significance Thursday morning with the murder of two young Brockton residents in the city's Nilsson neighborhood.

Do whatever it takes' to stop the violence

Mayor Linda Balzotti said city police are shifting patrols and will bring in extra officers on overtime if needed to quell any escalating gang violence in the wake of Thursday's two killings. State police are also beefing up street patrols.

VIDEO: 150 march against violence in Brockton

More than 150 people took to Brockton streets for a prayer march to decry city violence Sunday afternoon.The march stepped off from Our Lady of Lourdes Church on West Street.

VIDEO: One dead, one wounded in drive-by shooting

A 24-year-old man was in serious but stable condition at a local hospital Monday afternoon after a fatal shooting that killed another man over the weekend, authorities said.

Brockton cops eye city gangs in probe of recent city killings

Law enforcement agencies and investigators are now trying to learn if gangs — or gang members dealing drugs — were responsible for any of the four homicides so far this year in Brockton.

Brockton police make arrest in drive-by shooting

Jan. 17: The arrest of Michael Barros, 24, of Lawrence Street, Brockton, in the Jan. 17 slaying of Moises Vicente, 23, of Attleboro, comes as state and local police are stepping up patrols throughout the city to try to end the escalating gun violence in the city.